Natural Cough Syrup

Natureal Cough Syrup
and
Immune Booster

Wow! This is some pungent smelling stuff. The funny thing is that it doesn't taste like it smells. It is a very sweet tasting and delicious syrup.  Last night we even enjoyed it as a salad dressing - yum!

How to make:

Get a clean glass jar with a lid

• Chopped Fresh Ginger
• Chopped Red (or any type) Onion

• Whole peeled Garlic Cloves  (Elephant Garlic is milder.  I use regular)

• Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice (sugar)


Make a parfait by layering the Onion, Ginger, and Garlic then add about 1-2 inches of sugar. Repeat

I am told this concoction will last 6-12 months un-refrigerated. At the end of that time you can compost it and make a new batch next flu season.

The recipe is from Amanda McQuade Crawford - Herbalist.  I am sorry that I was not able to ebed this wonderful video but you may view it at the address below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q2Um560fTI

The Flu - What Cures Me?!

Ever since my immune system was compromised by an incompetent Florida dentist nine years ago I have annually contracted a serious bout of influenza between the end of Christmas and the fist couple of weeks of January. Not a good way to start the New Year to say the least.  It always develops into bronchitis and takes weeks to get over and down time in bed.  I now avoid antibiotics (which made no difference  when I did take them - other than bad side effects) and I believe the flu shot does more harm than good beside the fact that the chemists guess as to what type of hundreds of strains of influenza to target.


Last year I tried a cough syrup/immune builder called Sambuca it is a syrup made of elderberry, vitamin C, Zinc and other good stuff.  It was pretty good.  I could tell a difference and it seemed to shorten the time I had the flu.  It cost around $17.00 for a small bottle.


This year I hit the mother-load simply, natural, stinky, garlic cloves! I was in bed feeling terrible - head pounding, coughing, congested, fever, sore throat - the whole deal - when my dear husband suggested I take a clove of garlic.  To appease him (he brought it to me on a plate) and feeling so bad that at least it couldn't hurt, I took it.  I actually cut it in half and only took half of it.  Within hours I unexpectedly felt better.  I began to take one half to one clove with every meal.  The next day I was 50% better.  I got up, did some light exercise (because my back was hurting from being in bed for so long) and took a shower.  The next day my symptoms were reduced to a mild cold - then gone.  Wow!  Nothing has ever worked so dramatically in the midst of the full blown flu before!  I may not smell great but I feel great and the vampires are leaving me alone.

More Old Wives Tales... Well It Can't Hurt!

Stop busting bad on those old wives! This could save your life.

I received this e-mail from a friend:

"Flu

In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu. Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn't believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.

Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ. She said that several years ago many of her employees were coming down with the flu and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop. To her surprise, none of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business.)

The moral of the story is, buy some onions and place them in bowls around your home. If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere. Make sure you throw the onion away when done – Don’t eat it! Try it and see what happens. We did it last year and we never got the flu.

If this helps you and your loved ones from getting sick, all the better. If you do get the flu, it just might be a mild case..

Whatever, what have you to lose? Just a few bucks on onions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


So naturally, I called my mom (who knows almost everything) and told her about this nutty e-mail I received – what did she think? I was really interested because my daughter, who rarely gets ill, wasn’t feeling well that night and had flu like symptoms. I was further motivated because just three weeks ago one of the little 12 year old girls in our volleyball conference wasn’t feeling well after practice on Wednesday night. We were shocked and saddened to learn that she died Friday morning of the Swine Flu. My heart breaks for her mother.

Last night I put in a call to Mom and she told me, that “Miss Hannah” our 87 year old ever-smiling, chipper and healthy as a horse friend swears by this. In any conversation with Hannah if mom ever mentions that anyone is under the weather “Miss Hannah” advises that they cut an onion in half and put it in a bowl on the night stand in the “sick-room”.

Last night I took my last onion and cut it in half and put it by Regan’s bedside. This morning she woke up feeling much better. Coincidence? Maybe. But I think it is time to go to the grocery store.